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INSIGHT: Mountaineer sets new speed record

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Swiss mountaineer Dani Arnold has set a new speed record at the Grandes Jorasses North Face, Mont Blanc Massif, France, after climbing the rock face without any safety equipment. Arnold reached the top of the 4208-metre rock face, which straddles France's Haute-Savoie region and the Italian Aosta Valley, on July 27, 2018, in two hours and four minutes.